{"seoTitle":"Dance of the Wind — A Poem by Pemba Umoja","seoDescription":"Read “Dance of the Wind,” a contemplative poem by Pemba Umoja about wind chimes, silence, sound, and attentive stillness.","keywords":"Dance of the Wind poem, wind chimes poem, poem about silence and sound, contemplative nature poetry, Pemba Umoja poems","line1":"Just take a minute","line2":"like the deer do","line3":"bad example","line4":"like windchimes do in between","line5":"breezes","line6":"the silence just hangs there","line7":"the birds and crickets fill it","line8":"the rustling leaves you never notice in the wind","line9":"your own breath rising and falling","line10":"and there they are again","line11":"the chimes","line12":"the pendulum swings","line13":"but doesn’t touch the tubes","line14":"try as it may","line15":"but it doesn’t really matter anymore","line16":"in a world where silence and sound dance together","line17":"sometimes in a rumba","line18":"sometimes in a waltz","line19":"like windchimes","line20":"awaiting a twirl"}